Electoral results for the district of East Toowoomba

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of East Toowoomba in Queensland state elections.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Party	Gordon Chalk	5,015	51.8	+51.8
	Labor	Les Wood	4,669	48.2	+7.0
Total formal votes			9,684	98.5	−0.2
Informal votes			145	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			9,829	87.6	+2.9
	People's Party gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Wood	4,538	51.1	+9.9
	Country	Thomas Thompson	4,352	48.9	−7.2
Total formal votes			8,890	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			97	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			8,987	N/A	N/A
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Yeates	4,854	56.1	+1.9
	Labor	Jim Thorpe	3,560	41.2	−4.6
	Independent	K N Kunkel	230	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			8,644	98.7	+0.6
Informal votes			115	1.3	−0.6
Turnout			8,759	84.7	−8.8
	Country hold		Swing	+3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Yeates	4,623	54.2	+23.1
	Labor	James Kane	3,906	45.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			8,529	98.1	−0.5
Informal votes			167	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			8,696	93.5	+3.4
	Country hold		Swing	+2.8

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Kane	3,831	45.4	−9.0
	Country	Herbert Yeates	2,626	31.1	−14.5
	Ind. United Australia	James Annand	1,986	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			8,443	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			120	1.4	−0.1
Turnout			8,563	90.1	−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Herbert Yeates	4,198	51.3	+5.7
	Labor	James Kane	3,977	48.7	−5.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Kane	4,400	54.4
	CPNP	James Annand	3,696	45.6
Total formal votes			8,096	98.5
Informal votes			123	1.5
Turnout			8,219	92.5
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPNP	Robert Roberts	4,005	49.3
	Labor	James Strohfeld	3,347	41.2
	Independent	Frank Common	773	9.5
Total formal votes			8,125	99.0
Informal votes			79	1.0
Turnout			8,204	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Robert Roberts	4,337	55.4
	Labor	James Strohfeld	3,485	44.6
	CPNP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	Robert Roberts	3,827	61.8	+0.2
	Labor	John Herbert	2,369	38.2	−0.2
Total formal votes			6,196	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			52	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			6,248	89.1	+11.2
	CPNP hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Robert Roberts	3,651	61.6	−0.2
	Labor	Thomas Armfield	2,275	38.4	+0.2
Total formal votes			5,926	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			52	0.9	−1.2
Turnout			5,978	77.9	−10.6
	United hold		Swing	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Robert Roberts	3,022	61.8	+10.4
	Labor	John Mattingley	1,870	38.2	−10.4
Total formal votes			4,892	97.9	−0.7
Informal votes			104	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			4,996	88.5	+6.7
	National hold		Swing	+10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Robert Roberts	2,511	51.4	−3.8
	Labor	James MacDougall	2,370	48.6	+3.8
Total formal votes			4,881	98.6	−0.5
Informal votes			70	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			4,951	81.8	−5.2
	National hold		Swing	−3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Roberts	2,378	55.2	−0.5
	Labor	Thomas Lonsdale	1,931	44.8	+0.5
Total formal votes			4,309	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			37	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			4,346	87.0	+12.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Roberts	1,851	55.7
	Labor	George Walden	1,473	44.3
Total formal votes			3,324	99.3
Informal votes			22	0.7
Turnout			3,346	74.5
	Liberal hold		Swing